Re: most commonly used git commands?

From: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@dev.mellanox.co.il>
Date: Jun 25, 2007, 07:17 UTC
Message-ID: <20070625071752.GB15343@mellanox.co.il>
In-Reply-To: <7vlke833wr.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.pobox.com>

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> Quoting Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:
> Subject: Re: most commonly used git commands?
> 
> "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@dev.mellanox.co.il> writes:
> 
> > I did this by mistake:
> >
> > $git fet linux-2.6
> > git: 'fet' is not a git-command
> >
> > The most commonly used git commands are:
> >    add     Add file contents to the changeset to be committed next
> >    apply   Apply a patch on a git index file and a working tree
> > (use 'git help -a' to get a list of all installed git commands)
> >
> > why does git say that add and apply are most commonly used git commands?
> 
> Perhaps they are most commonly used by the person who came up
> with that list first ;-)?
> 
> I think "add" deserves to be there, I am not sure "apply" is.

git add is supposed to be rare, no? That's why git commit lists file additions/removals ...

My list is typically git checkout git commit git pull git push git rebase git reset git update-index

Maybe it makes sense to take the list from "Main porcelain commands" section in git manual?

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MST